diff --git a/toolkit/components/search/nsSearchService.js b/toolkit/components/search/nsSearchService.js
index 5819f1a995c4..6b4419f5ebc7 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/search/nsSearchService.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/search/nsSearchService.js
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ Engine.prototype = {
                                           [this._name, this._uri.host], 2);
     var checkboxMessage = null;
     if (!getBoolPref(BROWSER_SEARCH_PREF + "noCurrentEngine", false))
-      checkboxMessage = stringBundle.GetStringFromName("addEngineUseNowText");
+      checkboxMessage = stringBundle.GetStringFromName("addEngineAsCurrentText");
 
     var addButtonLabel =
         stringBundle.GetStringFromName("addEngineAddButtonLabel");
diff --git a/toolkit/locales/en-US/chrome/search/search.properties b/toolkit/locales/en-US/chrome/search/search.properties
index 3483f838dbdf..66a158c9187c 100644
--- a/toolkit/locales/en-US/chrome/search/search.properties
+++ b/toolkit/locales/en-US/chrome/search/search.properties
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 addEngineConfirmTitle=Add Search Engine
 addEngineConfirmation=Add "%S" to the list of engines available in the search bar?\n\nFrom: %S
-addEngineUseNowText=Start &using it right away
+addEngineAsCurrentText=Make this the c&urrent search engine
 addEngineAddButtonLabel=Add
 
 error_loading_engine_title=Download Error